🚀 go-pugleaf

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On Mon, 5 Aug 1996, spore wrote:

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> Forgive me if this turns out to be an overdiscussed issue, but
> does anyone have a good, cheap way to lock up CD-ROM drives on
> PowerMacs? I'm particularly interested in 7200 and 7600s.

If you mean keep the disk that you want to run available at all times:

        Our local library has installed metal plates over the floppy
        drives.  To remove them requires an Allen wrench, not something
        that someone will typically bring to a computer lab.

        I would personally recommend a CD-ROM Jukebox or tower at a remote
        location.  This offers greater flexibility with regards to
        changing disks in and out.  It also has the added security of
        having your valuable CDs not physically accesible.  Of course,
        this isn't "cheap".  The initial cash outlay is quite high.
        However, anyone who has invested in one will probably tell you
        that it has saved them time and money several fold over what it
        cost.

If you mean keep other people from running their own disks on the CD:

        Macs aren't my forte.  Isn't it a simple matter of
        removing/disabling a few extensions?